Ruth Davidson

Ruth Davidson (10 December 1978-) was Leader of the Scottish Conservatives from 4 November 2011 to 28 August 2019, succeeding Annable Goldie and preceding Jackson Carlaw.

Biography
Ruth Davidson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on 10 December 1978, and she served in the British Army from 2003 to 2006 before working as a BBC journalist in Scotland. In 2009, she decided to enter politics when Prime Minister David Cameron called on apolitical Britons to get involved in politics in the wake of the parliamentary expenses scandal, and she joined the Conservative Party. She served as an MSP for Glasgow from 2011 to 2016 and as an MSP for Edinburgh Central from 2016, and she also led the Scottish Conservatives from 2011 to 2019. Davidson belonged to the social liberal and centrist wing of the Conservatives, supporting gay rights and immigration and opposing Brexit.